2006-07 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Dustin Johnson's Official Website
Honors
2007 Walker Cup Team
2007 U.S. Palmer Cup Team
2007 PING/GCAA All-America First Team
2007 Golfweek All-America First Team
2007 Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist
2007 NCAA Championship participant
2007 NCAA Regional participant
2006-07 Big South Golfer of the Year
2006-07 All-Big South
2006 USA vs. Japan Championship
2006 PING/GCAA All-America First Team
2006 Golfweek All-America First Team
2006 NCAA Championship participant
2006 NCAA Regional participant
2005-06 Big South Golfer of the Year
2005-06 All-Big South
2006 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
2005 PING/GCAA All-America Third Team
2005 NCAA Championship participant
2005 NCAA Regional participant
2004-05 Big South Golfer of the Year
2004-05 All-Big South
2004 NCAA Regional participant
2003-04 All-Big South
2006-07 (Senior)
- Named a first-team All-American by GCAA/PING
- Also named a first-team All-American by GolfWeek
- Was a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award
- Named GolfWorld's Midseason Player of the Year
- A member of the Walker Cup and Palmer Cup Teams
- Won the 67th Monroe Invitational
- Won his third Big South Player of the Year Award
- Earned his fourth-straight All-Big South honor
- Was also the Big South Medalist
- Set a CCU single-season record with a 70.40 scoring average, while playing a program-high 43 rounds
- Also ended his career with a school-record 72.26 career scoring average
- Of his 43 rounds, 33 were par or better, including 15 in the 60's
- Posted 12 top-10 finishes, including in each of his first four events of the season and each of final six tournaments
- Finished in a tie for ninth-place at the NCAA Championship to lead Coastal to a program-best fifth-place finish
- Placed in a tie for eighth at the NCAA East Regional to lead the Chants to a fifth-place finish and a berth to the NCAA Championship
- Ended the regular season with wins at the Administaff Augusta State Invitational and the Big South Championship, shooting a 204, 12-under par, in each tournament win
- Was the GolfWeek National Golfer of the Week for firing three rounds of 68 to win at Augusta State
- Picked up medalist honors at the Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic with a 207, 9-under par, to lead Coastal to the team title in the nationally-renowned event
- Was the runner-up and top American collegiate golfer at the International Collegiate in Scotland, finishing at 208, 8-under par, for the tournament
- Posted a fourth-place finish at the Inverness Intercollegiate
- Participated for the second consecutive year in the Western Refining All-American Classic, finishing in a tie for 23rd overall
- Was a perfect 3-0 at the Callaway Golf Collegiate Match Play with wins over Ryan Kormann of Lamar, Glenn Northcutt of Auburn, and Steele DeWald of Arizona State
2005-06 (Junior)
- Named PING first-team All-America by the Golf Coaches Association of America
- Also named first-team All-America by GolfWeek
- Was on the Ben Hogan Award Watch List
- Earned the Big South Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive season
- Was named All-Big South for the third-straight year
- Led the team in scoring with a then CCU single-season record 71.80 shots per round
- Led Coastal to its third consecutive Big South title and second-straight berth in the NCAA Championship, where the team tied for 15th overall at the national championship event
- Qualified for the final round of the NCAA Championship, the first-ever golfer in the history of the Big South, and tied for 27th at 289, +1
- Was runner-up at the NCAA East Regional, helping CCU to a tie for fifth
- Placed third at the Big South Championship with a 218
- Played in 13 events, finishing in the top-20 in 11 of them and top-five in seven tournaments
- Led CCU in scoring in nine of the 12 team events, including capturing a pair of individual titles in back-to-back events, winning at the Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic and The Landfall Tradition
- Fired a 201, 15-under par, at the Duke Classic, the second-best 54-hole score in CCU history, by shooting a 67 in each of the three rounds
- Shot a 66 in the final round of the Landfall to finish at 211, 5-under par, for the victory
- Finished tied for first but fell in a playoff at the Seminole Intercollegiate, pacing CCU to the defense of their team title from 2005
- Won a pair of singles matches in the Hooters Match Play, helping Coastal finish sixth in the invitation-only event
- As an individual from his play last year, earned a spot in and played in the College All-American Invitational in El Paso, Texas, finishing in a tie for 16th at 215, 1-under par
- Qualified for the 2006 U.S. Amateur, finishing in a tie for 12th in medal play and advancing to the second round of match play
- Represented the U.S. in the Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship, going 1-1-1 and helping the U.S. win the event
- Also advanced to the quarterfinals of the Western Amateur
- Finished in a tie for first at the Sahallee Championship, falling in a playoff
- Also played in the nationally-renowned Porter Cup
2004-05 (Sophomore)
- Earned third-team PING All-America honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America
- Led the Big South in scoring average at 72.21, setting a school record at the time for scoring average
- Was the NCAA East Regional medalist, shooting a then school-record 64 in the final round to defeat Rhys Davies of East Tennessee State by one shot with a school and Big South record of 198 for 54 holes
- Also led CCU to its first-ever berth in the NCAA Championship
- Was the Big South Player of the Year after finishing as the top player in the conference, according to GolfStat
- Received All-Big South recognition for the second-straight year
- Finished in the top-10 of 10 events on the year, including all six events prior to the NCAA Championship
- Also tied for sixth at the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate and the NW Opus Husky Invitational
- Had 22 out of 39 rounds of par or better on the year
2003-04 (Freshman)
- Earned All-Big South honors for his play at the Big South Conference Championship
- Finished in a tie for sixth at 220, +4, his best finish of the year, at the Big South Championship
- Saw action in 10 events and played a total of 30 rounds his freshman year at Coastal, averaging 75.60 strokes per round
- Had one other top-20 finish, as he posted a two-under 70 in his first collegiate round at the First Reliance Intercollegiate, eventually finishing 17th in the event
Prior to Coastal Carolina
- Led the Dutch Fork Silver Foxes to the team state Big Sixteen 4A title, while finishing fourth individually his senior season
- Named to the all-tournament team in every tournament over his final year, while helping Dutch Fork to six tournament titles in seven events
- Was the Columbia City Champion and Lexington Amateur Champion
- Finished his senior year ranked 19th in the nation
Personal
- Full name is Dustin Hunter Johnson
- Son of Scott and Kandee Johnson
- Majoring in sports management
Historical Player Information
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2003-04Freshman
6'4"
0 lbs
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2004-05Sophomore
6'4"
0 lbs
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2006-07Senior
6'4"
191 lbs